English

fleshbag

From flesh + bag.

A compound of flesh + bag

Proto-Germanic *flaiski ‘meat, flesh’

Proto-West Germanic *flaiski ‘meat, flesh’

Old English flǣsċ

Middle English flesh

English flesh

Old Norse baggi ‘bag, pack, satchel, bundle’

Middle English bagge ‘a fabric container’

English bag

Today it means

noun A human or human body, as opposed to a robot or incorporeal being.

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